Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 22:55:08 -0500 Kelly McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Well, that's an improvement. Holding alt and scrolling the mouse > actually does the same thing. Hy, I didn't notice that! Now *that* is cool! Screw the side buttons, I'll be happy if they are now recognized in games or something... -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ There are no accidents whatsoever in the universe. -- Baba Ram Dass Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 17:56:43 -0500 Kelly McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > Please tell me your kidding. OK, I'll assume your not. You seem to be > one of the few for whom this mysteriously works. What you have is what > I started with before my first post about this. LOL! And I don't even care to use it, how's that for irony?! Howsabout we just trade comps? > Here's what I found: > > without the xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" command, my thumb > buttons scroll up and down and wheel does nothing. OK, makes sense. > With this line in xinitrc it never seems to be executed, sounds like it is being overridden by something, possibly what you describe below. I would try commenting that out in xinit.d and instead having it run when *your user* starts X, rather than when the system starts X, maybe that's the difference? Shouldn't be, I know, but hey, this is X we're talking about...can be a whacko kinda thing at the best of times. BTW, do you start from runlevel 3, ie. textmode? I would highly recommend it, makes jumping in and out of X a breeze. Also, if you set vga=794 in your /etc/lilo.conf, you get a nice high res text mode with lotsa room on a big monitor, if ya got one. There are other modes, of course, set it depending on your screensize: # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k # vga=791 # Normal VGA console # vga = normal # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k # vga=791 # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k # vga=790 # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256 # vga=773 # VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k # vga=788 # VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k # vga=787 # VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256 # vga=771 # VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k # vga=785 # VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k # vga=784 # VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256 # vga=769 notice mine is not listed there, I discovered 794 just by playing with it. (I have a 19" monitor, and 794 sets it to 1280x1024 I believe. > but I have it in a file under /etc/X11/xinit.d where it works fine. > So, with this command enabled, xev recognizes the thumb buttons as 6 > and 7. With imwheel running xev sees these buttons as left and right. > Without imwheel, mozilla and konq respond to the thumb buttons as if I > were pressing the left and right arrow keys. The same applies when > imwheel is running. The only difference I see, is that without > imwheel, holding alt while pressing arrow keys does nothing, but with > imwheel, this results in sliding the entire page left and right. > However, at no point has anything I've tried resulted in a back button > press. That is truly odd. As I say, the only difference I can see is that i am running xmodmap as a user, rather than as system. > A couple of questions, are you using this mouse in ps2 port or USB? It's a USB mouse, but I have it connected to PS/2 via an adapter. > Also, I am running a vanilla 9.1 install with the exception of > switching to ATI's video driver. Have you upgraded anything related to > XFree, that might be affecting this? Only other thing I can think of > is that maybe the window manager makes a difference, I guess I'll look > into that next. Well, I *did* upgrade to the latest XFree when advised to, I'm a religious updater for all security and bug advisories, so I'm running: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/downloads/sylpheed-0.9.5-gtk2-20030906]>$rpm -qa | grep XFree XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.3-8.2mdk XFree86-libs-4.3-8.2mdk XFree86-server-4.3-8.2mdk XFree86-xfs-4.3-8.2mdk XFree86-4.3-8.2mdk XFree86-devel-4.3-8.2mdk XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.3-8.2mdk but that shouldn't make any diff, nor should my WM. The important parts, so far as I can see, are: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" Option "Buttons" "7" EndSection and the xmodmap -e added to your .xinitrc. In Mozilla and Galeon, what I find is that the side buttons indeed work as left and right arrow, without mod (alt), ie. scrolling left and right. With mod (alt), they act as forward and back in history. But since I load all links in a new window, and have them autogrouped into one frame, I can move between pages with the mousewheel, for me preferable to anything else. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ The more laws and order are made prominent, the more thieves and robbers there will be. -- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
Aron Smith wrote: Have you tried Haywires solution? Dax Bong? lol, would probably help with the frustration level anyway! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 15:37, Kelly McCormick wrote: > Heather/Femme wrote: > > On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 03:14:19 -0500 > > Kelly McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>For what it's worth there are a host of apps that do accept keyboard > >>shortcuts mapped to these buttons see the following link for an idea > >>of the possibilities. > >> http://jcatki.no-ip.org/imwheel/imwheelrc > >> > >>Dax > >> > >> > > > > > > thx Dax. FWIW, I use the buttons in windows for exactly the same > > purpose you want them working... and it frustrates the hell out of me > > that I can't go back & forward in my browser with a button click! > > > > pisses me right off in fact...sigh > > > > Thx alot > > > > Femme-in-a-box > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Hi femme, > > I hear ya! > Same here! > Ditto! > Etc. Etc. Etc. > > Seems like such a simple thing, huh? > > Have you tried Haywires solution? > > Dax Bong? > > > > __ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
HaywireMac wrote: Alt-left mouse button and alt-right mouse button on the Intellimouse explorer takes you back and forth in either Galeon or Mozilla. lol, I just saw this post Haywire. I didn't realize you meant it worked using alt button to modify the mouse button. Your absolutely right. Because of the button reversal you mentioned earlier, It didn't seem to be doing anything when I clicked back because it was trying to go forward. Well, that's an improvement. Holding alt and scrolling the mouse actually does the same thing. Now I wonder if that is what was happeing in imwheel as well. With imwheel it should be possible to map both the alt and left into one button press. A little more tinkering and maybe things will actually work the way I planned. :) Dax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 18:51:50 -0400 HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 16:10:55 -0400 > Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > > thx Dax. FWIW, I use the buttons in windows for exactly the same > > purpose you want them working... and it frustrates the hell out of > > me that I can't go back & forward in my browser with a button click! > > > > pisses me right off in fact...sigh > > sure ya can... > > I posted the sol'n just below, use xmodmap. > > Worked for me anyhow. > > Alt-left mouse button and alt-right mouse button on the Intellimouse > explorer takes you back and forth in either Galeon or Mozilla. > > -- > HaywireMac k thx I'll try it when I get time... Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 17:37:33 -0500 Kelly McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hear ya! > Same here! > Ditto! > Etc. Etc. Etc. > > Seems like such a simple thing, huh? > > Have you tried Haywires solution? > > Dax > TBH No. I've been doing email & IRC all freaking day... and I have to work soon on jewellery...sigh... so won't have time till maybe sunday to futz with it. :| oh well Lemme know if you get something .. Fun-Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
HaywireMac wrote: On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 07:40:59 -0400 HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: For some weird reason, the forward and back in Mozilla is *reversed* (?). change it to this and all is well (ie. alt-button left=back, etc.) xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 7 6 4 5" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Please tell me your kidding. OK, I'll assume your not. You seem to be one of the few for whom this mysteriously works. What you have is what I started with before my first post about this. Here's what I found: without the xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" command, my thumb buttons scroll up and down and wheel does nothing. OK, makes sense. With this line in xinitrc it never seems to be executed, but I have it in a file under /etc/X11/xinit.d where it works fine. So, with this command enabled, xev recognizes the thumb buttons as 6 and 7. With imwheel running xev sees these buttons as left and right. Without imwheel, mozilla and konq respond to the thumb buttons as if I were pressing the left and right arrow keys. The same applies when imwheel is running. The only difference I see, is that without imwheel, holding alt while pressing arrow keys does nothing, but with imwheel, this results in sliding the entire page left and right. However, at no point has anything I've tried resulted in a back button press. A couple of questions, are you using this mouse in ps2 port or USB? Also, I am running a vanilla 9.1 install with the exception of switching to ATI's video driver. Have you upgraded anything related to XFree, that might be affecting this? Only other thing I can think of is that maybe the window manager makes a difference, I guess I'll look into that next. Dax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 16:10:55 -0400 Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > thx Dax. FWIW, I use the buttons in windows for exactly the same > purpose you want them working... and it frustrates the hell out of me > that I can't go back & forward in my browser with a button click! > > pisses me right off in fact...sigh sure ya can... I posted the sol'n just below, use xmodmap. Worked for me anyhow. Alt-left mouse button and alt-right mouse button on the Intellimouse explorer takes you back and forth in either Galeon or Mozilla. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Even the best of friends cannot attend each other's funeral. -- Kehlog Albran, "The Profit" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
Heather/Femme wrote: On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 03:14:19 -0500 Kelly McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: For what it's worth there are a host of apps that do accept keyboard shortcuts mapped to these buttons see the following link for an idea of the possibilities. http://jcatki.no-ip.org/imwheel/imwheelrc Dax thx Dax. FWIW, I use the buttons in windows for exactly the same purpose you want them working... and it frustrates the hell out of me that I can't go back & forward in my browser with a button click! pisses me right off in fact...sigh Thx alot Femme-in-a-box Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi femme, I hear ya! Same here! Ditto! Etc. Etc. Etc. Seems like such a simple thing, huh? Have you tried Haywires solution? Dax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 03:14:19 -0500 Kelly McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For what it's worth there are a host of apps that do accept keyboard > shortcuts mapped to these buttons see the following link for an idea > of the possibilities. > http://jcatki.no-ip.org/imwheel/imwheelrc > > Dax > > thx Dax. FWIW, I use the buttons in windows for exactly the same purpose you want them working... and it frustrates the hell out of me that I can't go back & forward in my browser with a button click! pisses me right off in fact...sigh Thx alot Femme-in-a-box Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 07:40:59 -0400 HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > For some weird reason, the > forward and back in Mozilla is *reversed* (?). change it to this and all is well (ie. alt-button left=back, etc.) xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 7 6 4 5" -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ It's not reality that's important, but how you perceive things. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 23:55:22 -0500 Kelly McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Does anybody know the correct way to get side thumb buttons on a > microsoft intellimouse explorer working as back and forward in mozilla > under 9.1? K, got it working in Mozilla, *without* imwheel I might add. Leave your XF config the way it is, but add this to your .xinitrc or whatever startup script: xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" and I can scroll through my workspaces, documents, mails, etc. and also go forward and back in Mozilla and Galeon. For some weird reason, the forward and back in Mozilla is *reversed* (?). -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ "It's today!" said Piglet. "My favorite day," said Pooh. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 02:49:14 -0500 Kelly McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > How exactly did you do that? Is it a function of your window manager? > I assume your not using KDE? And does that mean you do not have the > "normal" window up and down window scrolling capability? Perhaps > there's an option in XFconfig to do what I want? Just grasping at > straws here. Deadman links to this page: http://koala.ilog.fr/colas/mouse-wheel-scroll/ and *it* has links to a discussion forum on exactly this topic if I am reading correctly. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Reality is just a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
On Fri, 03 Oct 2003 02:49:14 -0500 Kelly McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > How exactly did you do that? Is it a function of your window manager? > I assume your not using KDE? And does that mean you do not have the > "normal" window up and down window scrolling capability? Perhaps > there's an option in XFconfig to do what I want? Just grasping at > straws here. Well, Stephen's gonna kill me, but ya, it's Pekwm. It's one of a few window managers that lets you scroll through your desktops by mousewheeling on the background. XFCE does this, though poorly IMHO, and I think so does Fluxbox, but Flux Sux. Anyway, no it does not mess with scrollin' otherwise. The only option in XFConfig I'm aware of is the one you already know about: Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" but you can also use xmodmap, as I mentioned, to tweak it further when start X, like so: xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" I think you saw that already too, no? someone reposted my post with this link: http://www.deadman.org/X/xbuttons.html Who knew the mouse could get so complicated? I won't complain tho, those poor bastards on Mac's with only one button... ;-) -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ It's hard to drive at the limit, but it's harder to know where the limits are. -- Stirling Moss Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
Heather/Femme wrote: On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:08:38 -0500 Kelly McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks for taking a stab at it, apparently nobody is using this mouse? Any other ideas are welcome! Dax I'm using that mouse... I sort of gave up on the other buttons though..they work great in windows..but in linux? Forget it. least that was what I found after about 3 months off & on of screwing around. if you find a better answer pls tell me. Femme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi, Femme, rest assured if I find a way to get this to work I'll post the answer. Once apon a time I had this working with Mandrake 7.2 but IIRC it was with a logitech mouse with one thumb button, and it only really worked in netscape. Also at the time I believe that you actually needed to use imwheel just to get the scroll wheel working. What's really bugging me is that in my searches I have found several posts by people claiming that the setup I am using worked for them but for every one of those there are atleast ten who say it didn't work. For what it's worth there are a host of apps that do accept keyboard shortcuts mapped to these buttons see the following link for an idea of the possibilities. http://jcatki.no-ip.org/imwheel/imwheelrc Dax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
HaywireMac wrote: When I start imwheel with X, it messes my scroll-thru-my-desktops function in my WM, mapped to button 5 and 6. In my XF config, the wheel is mapped to those, How exactly did you do that? Is it a function of your window manager? I assume your not using KDE? And does that mean you do not have the "normal" window up and down window scrolling capability? Perhaps there's an option in XFconfig to do what I want? Just grasping at straws here. Dax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 14:08:38 -0500 Kelly McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > Hi, Haywire, thanks for trying, but I'm afraid the short answer is no, > > that's not it. I tried it again just to make sure, but it only > prevents the side buttons from working at all. I believe that protocol > is for the Intellimouse version rather than the Intellimouse Explorer > version. I believe you are correct. > > Thanks for taking a stab at it, apparently nobody is using this mouse? > Any other ideas are welcome! I actually do have that same mouse, the one with the side buttons, I've played with various settings off and on, here and there, but I've never gotten them to work. 'Course, I didn't know about imwheel before either. When I start imwheel with X, it messes my scroll-thru-my-desktops function in my WM, mapped to button 5 and 6. In my XF config, the wheel is mapped to those, so maybe I'll play with starting imwheel, and changing the mapping to 6 and 7 and add an xmodmap line to my .xinitrc and see what happens. I don't use the forward and back buttons much at all in my browser, so I guess that's why I've never really bothered much with those extra buttons, but now that I think of it, they might come in handy for other things. My mitts are a bit big to access those things easily though... -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through. -- Paul Valery Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
HaywireMac wrote: On Thu, 02 Oct 2003 00:48:18 -0500 Kelly McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: From XF86Config-4: Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" Option "Buttons" "7" In the imwheel manpage, it specifies that you must use the IMPS/2 protocol, could that be the prob? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Hi, Haywire, thanks for trying, but I'm afraid the short answer is no, that's not it. I tried it again just to make sure, but it only prevents the side buttons from working at all. I believe that protocol is for the Intellimouse version rather than the Intellimouse Explorer version. I am getting the results that I want and expected from konquerer, but mozilla seems to be interpreting the button mapping differently for some reason. If you have mozilla open and the window set narrow enough that you get a scroll bar on the bottom of the window, and press the left or right arrows on the keyboard, it scrolls the page left and right a few steps at a time. This is exactly what my mouse thumb buttons are doing. If you hold down the left alt key and press the left or right arrow keys in mozilla, it moves you back and forward a page in the history. This is what I want the mouse thumb buttons to do. Since the thumb buttons are already working as arrow keys in mozilla you would think that holding down the left alt key and pressing the thumb buttons would work the same as alt-left arrow, but instead it side scrolls by a whole page instead of a few steps. Mozilla seems to be the only program where they behave this way, in other programs the thumb buttons get the same action as holding left alt and using the arrow keys. Thanks for taking a stab at it, apparently nobody is using this mouse? Any other ideas are welcome! Dax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
Kelly McCormick wrote: Kelly McCormick wrote: Kelly McCormick wrote: Does anybody know the correct way to get side thumb buttons on a microsoft intellimouse explorer working as back and forward in mozilla under 9.1? Does anyone know why this doesn't work? imwheel rpm from 9.1 discs is installed. imwheel process is getting started by logged in user. side buttons work for side to side scrolling in mozilla and konquerer so they are being recognized as the left arrow key and the right arrow key. What I want is for them to be working as LeftAlt+left arrow key combination, and LeftAlt+right arrow key combo respectively. One more note, I just noticed that the thumb buttons do seem to work as alt left arrow and alt right arrow in konquerer and kterm but still work only as left arrow and right arrow in mozilla. Dax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
Kelly McCormick wrote: Kelly McCormick wrote: Does anybody know the correct way to get side thumb buttons on a microsoft intellimouse explorer working as back and forward in mozilla under 9.1? Does anyone know why this doesn't work? imwheel rpm from 9.1 discs is installed. imwheel process is getting started by logged in user. side buttons work for side to side scrolling in mozilla and konquerer so they are being recognized as the left arrow key and the right arrow key. What I want is for them to be working as LeftAlt+left arrow key combination, and LeftAlt+right arrow key combo respectively. From XF86Config-4: Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" Option "Buttons" "7" (note that /dev/psaux and /dev/mouse are both links to /dev/misc/psaux) Contents of both /etc/X11/imwheelrc and ~/.imwheelrc : ".*" None, Left, Alt_L|Left None, Right, Alt_L|Right (note, have also tried several other combos including replacing Left and Right with Up and Down) Contents of /etc/X11/xinit.d/imwheel : #!/bin/sh #--- # Project : Mandrake # Module : imwheel # File: imwheel.xinit # Version : $Id$ # Author : Frederic Lepied # Created On : Tue Apr 11 14:13:43 2000 #--- [ -r /etc/sysconfig/mouse ] && . /etc/sysconfig/mouse BINARY=$(which imwheel) [ "$WHEEL" = yes -a -n "$BINARY" ] && $BINARY -p -b 0067 # imwheel ends here (note -b 0067 option seems to be the only way to keep imwheel from screwing up the wheel scrolling function) Contents of /etc/X11/xinit.d/mouse_buttons xmodmap -e 'pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5' From everything that I have been able to find on this subject, this should work the way I want it to, but still no luck. Please help if you can, I have run out of things to try. Dax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] imwheel button mapping
Eric Huff wrote: Does anybody know the correct way to get side thumb buttons on a microsoft intellimouse explorer working as back and forward in mozilla under 9.1? Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" I have never tried this (just saved joe's post cuz it looked helpful). Anyway, here is a post from way back. I notice you have /dev/psaux and he had mouse: Subject: Re: [newbie] How do I use all buttons on MS Explorer mouse? I dropped deadman a quick question on this mouse, but would be interested to know if any of you have input or experiences to add... the instructions on his site should apply to any mouse with 5 buttons or even 7. you are using xmodmap, like this (in your .xinitrc): xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3 6 7 4 5" & plus an entry in your XF86Config: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "6 7" EndSection now, you can let go of the "Explorer" part and give it a shot, to my mind it shouldn't matter. of course if it doesn't work, just put it back to normal (your system even keeps a backup of your old XF86Config for you to rename and use). Personally, it seemed to wreak havoc with my WM and mousewheeling thru desktops, so I commented it out for now. I'll give it a shot later. Thanks eric, but as far as I can tell what you told me will make x see that there are 7 buttons, 5 actual, and 2 for the wheel, and map the scrolling to the wheel ("buttons" 6 and 7) what I'm looking for is getting the buttons 4 and 5 (thumb buttons) to perform a specific function. The first part I believe I have working already. It seems like I just need to find the correct systax for the mozilla entry in the imwheelrc file, but since none of the entries that I have found on the web seem to work the way they should, I'm not entirely sure that I have imwheel set up correctly or that imwheel is even the way to do this anymore. Anyway, I'll keep looking, thanks for the response. Dax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com